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Sunday September 23
The
Disciples
David
Timbs
(Sunday
blogger from Australia)
Mark’s narrative
is largely a blue
print for how not to be
a disciple!
One
of the great dramatic narrative twists of Mark’s story is the weight he gives
to the faith of outsiders to the Jesus
Movement. Their positive faith response to Jesus stands in stark contrast to the
blindness and incomprehension of Jesus’ closest followers
Diocesan
paper's bold
re-structuring plan John W
Editor looking forward
to far greater readership
HK friends asked
what I thought
about pilgrimages to Naju, Korea.
This
is what I found for them
Award-winning 5 min video:
Chicken-a-la-Carte
If we are going to be true to the Gospel, if we are
going to be true to the vision of Vatican 2, we just have to be concerned
about world poverty. It should be on the agenda of every
parish/school/community meeting: - what are we doing this week/month/year
for the poor?
This
week's smile
Filipino avoids crocodiles!
Vatican II Reflection 271
Should priests obey the pope
or obey Vatican II ?!
Bible
Plan: Sun 25 readings
1st
reading + responsorial psalm + 1st half of Gospel = message one;
2nd reading + 2nd half of Gospel
= message two. Message one (the Cross) is opposite of message two
(wanting to be "No. 1")
John W: Daily Blog - Sep 23
Crazy (?) woman who visits prisons
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Monday September
24
A
great time to be a missionary!
Fr Hugh McMahon SSC
There was once a moment in human history when transport changed
from horses to engines. However, there were those who believed that this
happened only because there were not enough horses. We are at such a
moment. Diminishing vocations and less need for
traditional apostolates indicate that mission, as we knew it, is finished.
But there is a new buzz in mission circles about the energizing
possibilities being opened for the Church by a wider understanding
of the missionary task. The
Eastern Churches (like the Syrian) were larger and showed greater
diversity by presenting themselves in the languages and forms of the
cultures they encountered. It was only after they were virtually wiped out
by Islam that variety diminished and the predominance of the Roman Church,
especially its liturgies and theologies, became a reality
Non
tax-paying German Catholics
to be excommunicated
No
Communion or burial
if you don't pay Church tax.
This has to
be a candidate for "Non Christian action of the Year"
Leaving
the priesthood
The purpose
of this website is to provide information about challenges priests
encounter & need for reform
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4-Course
Bible meal for Sep 24
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| 3 miracles of Elisha |
The One who knows
what's going on in my life |
| Elders had power of ordination ! |
| Rich man who had poor finish |
Vatican II Reflection 272
Compulsory celibacy ?
John W: Daily Blog - Sep 24
Sat & Sun night street sleepers
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Tuesday
September 25
The
Year of Faith
Martin Mallon
(Tuesday blogger from Ireland)
It appears we are not
to read the documents of Vatican II unless we use tunnel vision with the tunnel
being a “right hermeneutic”.
c.f. Year
of Faith (David
Timbs)
CCC =
V2? (John W)
Congratulations to Catholics
for Renewal on launch of
www.catholicsforreweal.org.au
committed to the vision and renewed promotion of
Vatican II
A
modern missionary success story
Fr Hugh McMahon SSC
This is a brilliant article,
a "must
read" for members of missionary
congregations.
We draw
attention to something we call, ‘A Third Stage of Mission’ or ‘Third
Generation of Mission’
ABC Radio interview:
A
Jesuit scholar of Hinduism
Fr Frank Clooney SJ
speaks
about the future of interfaith understanding and learning from Hinduism in
a world where India is becoming increasingly important The
Sunni Shiite Divide - a most enlightening
article by Stephen
Crittenden (GM).
Essential reading for colleges & universities
Vatican II Reflection
273
Question for priests:
When was the last time I had a poor person for a meal in my home?
John
W: Daily Blog - Sep 25
North Pole ice and HK lights !
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Wednesday September 19
A
Personal Odyssey
Chris McDonnell
(Wednesday blogger from UK)
With recommendation of
50
Years Receiving
Vatican
II
by Fr Kevin Kelly, "a truly fascinating collection of notes, papers,
letters and extracts from books of
the past 50 years"
Speaking
the truth to the Vat (NYT)
The nuns of Providence House don’t have time to be distracted by
doctrinaire dust-ups as they serve paroled and homeless women
Reader from Australia:
I have been following the growing tension between Japan and the Middle Kingdom.
I hope the politicians
hose that one down in a hurry
A
lack of confidence
Fr Hugh McMahon SSC
The biggest obstacle to the proclamation of
the gospel
is the lack of confidence
in those who want to evangelize.
Our formation was designed for life within
traditional parish structures. Those who saw the need to move out beyond
those limits in order to engage the unreached had to find their own
way by trial and error. Some of the most valuable insights were gained,
not from books, but from working with people
Vatican
II Reflection 267
Compulsory celibacy & Titanic!
John
W: Daily Blog - Sep 19
200,000 handicapped in HK
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Thursday
September 20
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Every Thursday, Daniel
Daring's reflection on the Sunday readings,
to help us prepare for Sunday:
Sun 25B: Missing the Point
I often think about Mother Teresa who from the window of her
school in Calcutta saw poverty and misery. She spoke about it with her
superior, spiritual director, and her bishop, to no avail. All of them
warned her against leaving the convent of the Sisters of Loreto. They
considered it either as the devil’s temptation or a mid-life crisis.
There were no previous patterns to help her make a decision. The only
pattern that she could look up to was that of Jesus |
Recently
a friend in Hong Kong asked
Does
a baby need a Christian name to be baptised?
Here's
a good answer. Enjoy! jw
A
new daybreak in mision
Fr John Prior SVD (Good
Oil)
Today mission is at once local – face to
face – and global – “glocal”
Vatican II Reflection 268
Good priests = wounded healers
John W: Daily Blog - Sep 20
Birthday: Martino
Martini (who?!)
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Friday
September 21
Feast
of St Matthew
UN
International Day of Peace
October
Synod - no lay people
or nuns or brothers John
W
Recently I met a lady pastor from Cumberland
Presbyterian Church
Pastor has two master's degrees:
one in theology, one in divinity !
Sin
of clericalism
is at heart of sexual abuse crisis
Scott Appleby
(ACP)
Arctic
ice shrinks 18% in 1 year
'Our response has not been alarm,
or panic, or a
sense of emergency.
But: ‘Let’s go there and drill for
oil’.
There was a response by Chris McDonnell to a recent critical article by William Oddie on the Catholic Herald website, posted a few days ago.
Here is a shorter version of that response printed in the Catholic Herald last
weekend On Sep 18, HK
papers had many references to
The Mukden Incident
by which Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931
Soon to open in China:
Melbourne's
Monash University!
Vatican II Reflection 269
Priests on fire with love of Bible?
Bible Menu:
Readings for Sep
21
Feast of St Matthew
John
W: Daily Blog - Sep 21
New edition of Dr Jesus - DG!
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Saturday September 22
Remembering
Jesus:
Matthew Jesus
John W
Linking daily readings & daily life
Vatican
II's golden anniversary
Tony Magliano (NCR)
Cyber
Senior HK
For people 55 or over!
Reflections
on Buddhism
John W
For Matteo
Ricci, who lived in China for 27 years, Confucianism was most admirable and promoted family and social values; but
Buddhism, although it was practised by many sincere and good people, was a restricting and negative force
Vatican
II Reflection 270
Priests are meant to be gentle good shepherds, not business managers
John W: Daily Blog -Sep 22
Talk less about your illness
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